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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Small businesses and tourism
Thank you, Mr Hefin David, for submitting today's debate. As we all know, and has been outlined already, the tourism industry is vital to Wales's economic prosperity. For me in north Wales and for the region I represent, it employs around 40,000 people…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your comments so far. May I add my support to the learned Member for South Wales Central in regard to care home visits as well? It's certainly a frustrating experience for many individuals at the moment. Minister, during the…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister, for your response to questions from the Member for Alyn and Deeside. As you will know, Alyn and Deeside is a strategic location in north Wales, with its border and important transport links into the north-west of England. Many businesses…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Rebalancing Care and Support White Paper—Next steps
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement this evening, now. I think some of my comments probably come off the back of and are similar to what the Member for Cardiff Central was referencing there in terms of the national approach to some of this. Of…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd just like to start by declaring my interest as a county councillor on Conwy County Borough Council. Minister, as you'll be aware, north Wales has an exceptional reputation for delivering world-class events and being a world-class destination. Over the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for your response to Mr Skates there. May I join you and the Member for Clwyd South in the encouragement for everybody to get hold of this vaccine as quickly as possible because, as you say, it makes such a difference to everybody?…
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Short Debate: Eradicating sheep scab in Wales: the continuing need to have a strong plan in place to eradicate sheep scab in Wales
Thank you, Mr Deputy Presiding Officer, for calling me. Thank you to Ms Finch-Saunders for raising this important topic this afternoon. As somebody who's spend most of my working life behind a computer screen in an office, I'm not going to stand here and…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute in this important debate today, tabled by my colleague Mr Millar. Today, of course, as you clearly know, marks five years since the people of Wales voted to leave the European Union along with the people of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I did find it interesting that, on a recent visit to a farm with the National Farmers Union and a number of farmers, their significant concerns were not trade agreements but actually areas that you, Minister, have control of, such as nitrate vulnerable zones…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Let me join also in paying tribute to the hard work of local authorities during this time, and pay credit to all the efforts made by those at the front face of this, but also to those behind the scenes in those support services who have been doing things like…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your response, First Minister. You will know that one of the biggest employers in north Wales is the tourism sector, which supports around 46,000 jobs and in usual times generates over £3.5 billion annually to the local economy. However, as you…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s economic priorities for North Wales? OQ56666
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Debate: The UK Levelling-up and Shared Prosperity Funds
Thank you to the Government for tabling today's debate, with contributions so far certainly impassioned around a very important issue, around the UK levelling-up and shared prosperity funds. The insinuation, of course, in this debate today from Welsh…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. I was struggling with the mute button there. Thank you, First Minister, for your response to that point. I too would like to praise the work of councils specifically through this very difficult time of the pandemic. I know from my own…
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Questions to the First Minister
6. What assessment has the First Minister made of the role of local government during the COVID-19 pandemic? OQ56617
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Thank you to Plaid Cymru for bringing forward today's debate, the first one I've had an opportunity to speak in, and it's been an interesting and impassioned debate so far through this evening. I just thought it would be useful to share some of my own…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Let me first of all congratulate you, Minister, on your appointment. I don't think I've had an opportunity to do that yet, so congratulations to you. Of course, this item was raised yesterday in FMQs, and it is an important issue. We had some positive…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Renew and reform: Supporting learners' well-being and progression
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and congratulations to you, Minister, on your appointment, and thank you for your statement this afternoon. I'd like to first of all just join with you in thanking our hard-working professionals and also our learners for…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for your responses so far to the important points raised by Rhun. Certainly, there are some pressures that have been added to the housing market due to second home ownership, but, perhaps at a risk of being seen to be fiddling while…
